Five games against the bottom four, but four of them are on the road--I think you have to figure on a toe-stub somewhere. Marcel Noebels is the only player who's played in Victoria--that could be a factor, new surroundings and such. I think even if they split with Kamloops and Tri-City that could be enough to win the conference. If they don't get a point against either, you'd think they'd have to sweep the other games, which is a tall order. Par: 9 points.

Tonight is huge for them. It's hard for me to see them chasing Portland down from five points behind. The rest of the schedule is pretty favorable, though Spokane and Vancouver are challenging road games. Par: 10 points.

Obviously the Portland game is huge for them as well. About the same schedule difficulty as Tri-City, but with one fewer game. They finish with a home-and-home with Prince George, who will likely be out of it by then. That makes the results more volatile--sometimes those teams go into the tank, sometimes they come out even harder to try to play spoiler. Par: 8 points.